Carrier.



No. 849,124. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

' B. P. GOLDNAMER & R. O. HALL.

CARRIER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 3, 1906.

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to t T h el AND RGBERT C. H TLLL, OF CYNTHIANA,

TUCKY.

S ecifica-tion of Letters letent.

' Patented April 2, 3907" Annlicetion filed August 3,1906. Serial No.329,5"23.

T (0Z5 ZUiLOi'II/ 136 may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN F. Sou NAMER and Bonner C. HALL, citizensof the United States, residing at Cynthiane, in the county of Harrisonand State of Kentucky, have invented certein. new-end usefulImprovements in Carriers, of which the following is o specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

, Our invention relates to improvements in carriers, and pertains moreparticularly to clothes-supporting carriers.

The object of our invention is to provide a carrier of this characterwhich is more readily and easily moved in or out with less friction andin which the supporting-arm is readily held in its extended positionparallel with the supporting member ortube forming the carrier.

Another object of our invention is to provide. a, carrier or"thischarecter in which the roller-carrying member is made in sections.and each section carrying an oPoos'itely-erranged pair of rollers,whereby W on a roller becomes broken or otherwise disabled the sectioncarrying the same can bereadily removed and a new section pieced thereinwithout removing all of the sections, and thus obvieting the necessityof replacing a whole new so port. I

A sti l further object of our invention is to provides more simple,cheap, and effective device of this character which 'cen be as aptlyapplicd to numerous other devices'without de arting from our invention.

' n the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of ourimproved carrier applied to e clothes-supporting reek. v an enlargedperspective View of our improved carrier detached. Fig. 3 is u verticallongi tudinal sectional view of Fig. 2. "Fig. 4 iso transverse verticalsectional viowof Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view ofone oi the roller-carrying members, showing the su'pportingnrm in itsoperative position.

Referring now-to the drawings, 1 repre sents a supporting-tube, which,as shown, is of. an elongtcd form and has sup iorting means 2, by whichit can be supportc 'in any desired place, according to whatuse it is tobe applied. The said tube at each end is pro-.

vided with sleeves ii and 4 and'huve an cX- tended portion 5, by whichthe tube is sup ported in its horizontal operative position.

' with. the slot 8 Fi 2 is,

The said sleeves are preiembly secured to the tube by e transverse pinwhich is removable and the urpose of nhicli'will be herein-- after morein ly described The said sleeves are also provided with.cuilrliy-em.ending 7, which cxteni'l isFtl-is oml of the tube 1 and areadapted to holdthesections i'ithin the tube, as will lg. isodiercinaftermore fully described. The lome of the tube 1 is provided with elongitudimlly-ex tending slot 55.

ll ithin the tube 1 are located the rollercerrying sections 9, which areof e cylindrical form, so as to snugly {it the interior of the tube 1,end. the ends of thescctions snugly fit the tube, there being a.sullicient number of these sections to iill thetube, and thus will.

provide the same with the rolleoheerings throughout its enti e length.The are provided with longitudinal openings 10, extending centrallytherethrough, and when the sections are in their operative positionthese openings form a continuous message through the tube. Passingthrough a small opening 11 in the upper portion of the sections is a rod12, which locks the sections tow gether against independent rotationwithin the tube. The sections are pro vidcd in their lower faces withaslot 125, which registers in the tube, and the said-slot 13coinniunicetcs with the central opening in the sections 3. The saidsections are each provided with s transverse opening is, which extendsentirely through the sections and is ofs height slightly greater thanthe diameter of the opening 10, thus extending a short distenceelwve andbelow the said openings 10. Mounted within said openings l4; on eachside of the opening ii is :1- roller 15, which. provided with a. concaved bearingsuriscc which eiitciuls imverdly a short distance across theoocninv, as will b herein after more fully described.

The supporting-rod consists, prefcrubl oi .a U-shapod' bar 16, havingthe end '17 on tcring the openings in the soctionsjrmn-one cud or thetube, while the opposite end it; extends in tprtrullol position belowthe tube. sold-rod is supported Within the sections by tho concovcdfaces of the rollers and. is thus free to move longitudinally Within thetube.

sections The The inner i'rcv ends l7 end l8 ui'ccomicctcd by a plate illin any desired meniiciysziid plate. passing through the slots in thesections,

i at all times, and the section's being locked together againstindependent rotation it will be seen thatthe slots of all the sectionsare at all times registering with the slot of the tube to allow theplate 19 to freely move longitudinally. The flanges 7 engage the two endsections and hold them in their abutting position.

When used as a clothes-carrier, the bar 18- is adapted to support thegarment holders or racks, and when used as a door-hanger the said bar issecured to the door. I Should a roller of one section become broken, allthat is necessary is to remove the sleeve at that end of the tubenearest the section carrying the broken roller and the sections can be'removed, The section carrying the broken roller can then be removed andanew one replaced, thus obviating the necessity of replacing the entirehanger, as is usually the case.

While we have shown the sections, 9 formed in a continuous line withinthe tube with their ends abutting each other, it will be understood thatthe sections may be spaced apart and .held in said spaced position bymeans of screws 20, (shown in Fig. 4,) which pass through the tube 1from the outside and enter the section, thus holding the same againstlongitudinal movement and rotation, and thus dispensing with the rod 12.

Having thu's fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. A carrier comprising asupporting-tube, removable roller bearing carrying sections within thetube and a supporting member within the tube and working between the.

rollers.

2. A carrier comprising a supporting-tube .havin a slot in its lowerface, removable rolleriearing-carrying sections within the tube and withslots corresponding to the slot in the tube, and a supporting-rodworking within the sections\ and having a downwardlyextending su i'orting means passing through the slot in the sections and the tube andadapted to travel thereinwith the rod.

3. A. carrier comprisingasupporting-tube,

removable sections therein and said sections having centrallongitudinal. openings therethrough, rollers carried by the sections onopposite sides oi the openings, and a supporting-rod within the openingsin the sections and supported by the rollers therein.

4. A carrier comprising asupporting-tube havin a slot in its lower face,removable rollerhearing-carrying sections within the supported by therollers.

tube having slots corresponding with the'slot in the tube, and asupporting-rod movable within the section and having one end projectingthrough the end of the supportingtube and the opposite end having adownwardly-extending lug passing through the slots in the sections andtube. 5. A carrier comprising a supporting-tube, removable rollerbearing carrying sections within the tube, and means for holding saidsections within. the tube.

6. A carrier comprising a supporting-tube, removableroller-bearing-ca'rrying sections sections and holding them in theirrelative positions in respect to each other within the tube. g V

7. A carrier com rising a supporting member, removable roler-bearing-carrying sec-- tidns carried by the supporting member,'and

a hanging member movabl y supported withv cylindrical rollei bearingcarrying sections within the tube and a hanging member mov ablysupported within the sections.

10. A carrier comprising a supportingtube, cylindrical sections wi thinthe tube and having openings therethrough, rollers carried within thetube, and a rod passing through the by the sections on two oppositesides of the openings, and a hanging member mo /ably supported withinthe openings in the sections.

11. A carrier comprising a supporting-- tube; cylindricalsectioi'is'within the tube and openings extending longitudinallytherethrough, rollers carried by the sectionson two opposite sides ofthe openings, and a rod passing through openings in the sections 12. Acarrier comprising a supportingtube, removable sections within the tube,a pair of roller-bearings within. each section, and, a rod supported bythe roller-bearings within the sections.

13. A carrier comprising a supportingtube, removable sections within thetube and having a longitudinal opening therethrough, each section havinga transverse opening inT tersecting the longitudinal opening, rollersjournaled in the transverseopeningson each side of the longitudinalopening, and a hanging rod movable within the longitudinal opening andsupported by the rollers.

. #14. A carrier comprising a supportingtube, removable sections withinthe tube, a pair of concaved rollers within each section,

and a rod supported by the roller-bearing and slot in its lower face andextending the entire length thereof, supporting means carried by theupper face of the tube, cylindrical sections Within the tube andhavingtheir ends abutting said sections and having central openings and aslot. extending downwardlf and communicating WitlltllG openings andregis- I tering with the slot in the tube, means for securing saidsections Within the tube, said sections having transverseopeningsintersecting the longitudinal openings, the said openings ofeach section having a roller vertically. j ournaled therein and saidroller having concaved faces extending slightly Within the longitudinalopening, a rod located within the longitudinal openings of the sectionsand supported by the concaved faces of the roller, the inner 'end ofsaid rod being bent downwardly and around beneath the tube, and a thinstrip connecting the inner end of the rod and traveling in the slots inthe sections and

